The Law Commands and Makes Us Know

The Law com­mands and makes us know

What du­ties to our God we owe;

But ’tis the Gos­pel must re­veal

Where lies our strength to do His will.

The Law dis­co­vers guilt and sin

And shows how vile our hearts have been;

The Gos­pel on­ly can ex­press

Forgiving love and cleans­ing grace.

What curs­es doth the Law de­nounce

Against the man that fails but once!

But in the Gos­pel Christ ap­pears

Pardoning the guilt of nu­mer­ous years.

My soul

no more at­tempt to draw

Thy life and com­fort from the Law.

Fly to the hope the Gos­pel gives;

The man that trusts the pro­mise lives.